Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address Trade Union members and contractual workers of Delhi on September 1 at Talkatora stadium on the issue of recent hike in minimum wages approved by the Delhi Cabinet recently. The programme has been dubbed at’ shramik samvad’. Announcing this, Delhi labour Minister Gopal Rai said that several trade union representativeshave demanded that minimum wage be raised to Rs 20,000 and the Government would look into this.
Rai said the file has been sent to lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung for approval and he has assured that he will decide on the wage hike soon. As per the Government’s proposal, the minimum wages for unskilled person will be Rs 14,052 against the existing Rs 9,568 in the national Capital. SR
Besides the same for semi-skilled and skilled persons will increase from Rs 10,582 to Rs 15,471, and from Rs 11,622 to 17,033 respectively. The Shramik Samvad is being organised to explain the rationale behind the government’s decision and how a higher wage will mean more money in the pockets of the poor, which will enable them to spend more and this in turn will stimulate trade and industry.